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Coal Miners’ Daughters by Penny Smith – 12/4/2019
What is it about some coal miners daughters that occasionally yields such admirable flintiness? I confess to developing a fondness in my early 20s, while living in Texas, for classic C&W music. It was probably motivated by an affinity for Willie Nelson, longneck...
Let Us Now Praise Doug Stephens, by Penny Smith. 11/26/2019
One of the most influential books in my former life as a potential historian was James Agee’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Published in 1941 with multiple accompanying photographs by Walker Evans, it documented the devastation of our Depression by focusing on the...
Whopper of the Week, by Penny Smith 11/26/2019
“Having served at the municipal and county levels, I understand the unique needs of our mountain communities.” Ron Mau, Smoky Mountain News, November 18, 2019. Yes, Ron Mau has announced that he will enter the Republican primary race for the North Carolina House of...
How Democrats Can Win Obama-Trump Defectors
New York Times: By Sean McElwee and Brian F. Schaffner, Jan. 6, 2020 In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory, analysts fiercely debated the role of the approximately six million voters who supported President Barack Obama in 2012 but shifted their...
Joe Sam Queen Raleigh Report – November 24, 2019
We're entering the Holiday Season with a recess, even though the work in the capitol isn't done: We don't have a True Comprehensive, Balanced Budget. We have a Constitutional System of checks and balances. When the legislature presents a budget that is inadequate or...
Meadows Watch, by Penny Smith 11/26/2019
Did you know that Mark Meadows voted against the following things so far in 2019? requiring health care and social service workers to have a plan for preventing workplace violence (Meadows voted NO) preserving 400,000 acres of Colorado land for public use (Meadows...
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